Seattle Turks

The Seattle Turks were a minor league baseball team based in Seattle, WA who played a single season (1909) in the Northwestern League. In their only year of existence, the team won a Northwestern League pennant with a record of 109-58.[1]

On June 29, 2013, the Seattle Mariners MLB team played as the Seattle Turks in one-off throwback uniforms against the Chicago Cubs. Safeco Field was renamed Yesler Way Park for the game.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Seattle Turks History at Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Mariners and Cubs turn back the clock to early 1900s", via MLB.com


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